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Financial Services

We advise financial institutions, fintech innovators, funds, and corporate borrowers on regulatory, transactional, and contentious matters across ASEAN’s evolving financial services landscape.

Financial Insight. Strategic Execution.

Our Financial Services practice integrates regulatory insight with commercial execution. We advise across the full lifecycle of financial activity — from structuring financing deals and navigating cross-border lending, to advising on fund formation, compliance with securities laws, and dispute resolution.

We support banks, payment service providers, asset managers, family offices, and listed companies on their transactional, compliance, and restructuring needs. Our team also acts in complex disputes involving financial fraud, white collar crime, and regulatory enforcement, including MAS and SC enforcement actions.

We also have deep experience in alternative finance structures including convertible debt, tokenised assets, venture debt, and sustainability-linked financing.

Our regional advantage

With lawyers based in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia, and deep relationships across ASEAN, we help clients align financial strategies with local licensing, tax, and securities laws. Our fintech and regulatory lawyers collaborate closely with our disputes and restructuring teams to provide end-to-end coverage of financial risk.

We regularly coordinate with foreign counsel on cross-border lending, fund registrations, enforcement of foreign judgments, and complex restructuring involving offshore structures.

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Banking & Finance
  • Structuring and reviewing financing transactions (secured, syndicated, asset-backed, mezzanine)
  • Debt-to-equity convertible instruments and venture financing
  • Standard form banking documentation and security packages
Funds & Asset Management
  • Fund formation (VCCs, LPs, unit trusts) and regulatory licensing
  • Advising family offices, fund managers, and VC funds on structuring, governance, and compliance
Financial Regulation & Licensing
  • Securities and Futures Act, Banking Act, and Payment Services Act (Singapore)
  • Licensing applications and exemption strategies across ASEAN
  • AML/KYC, data privacy, tokenisation, and securities law compliance
Fintech & Payment Services
  • Structuring tokenised offerings (ICO, IEO, STO)
  • Advice on payment tokens, e-money, cross-border transactions
  • Drafting and reviewing digital token agreements and whitepapers
Disputes & Regulatory Enforcement
  • Banking and finance litigation
  • Securities fraud and regulatory breach investigations
  • MAS, SC, and cross-border enforcement actions
Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Financial restructuring, creditor workouts, debt recovery
  • Representing lenders, funds, and corporate borrowers in insolvency proceedings
Consumer Finance
  • Advising lenders, digital platforms, and financial institutions on regulatory compliance, licensing, and structuring of consumer finance products across ASEAN, including credit cards, hire-purchase, and BNPL schemes.

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  • Singapore

PDLegal LLC Singapore
1 Coleman Street 

#08-02 The Adelphi 

Singapore 179803

Tel: +65 6220 0325
Email: [email protected]

Mon – Fri : 9:00 am – 6:00 pm


  • Thailand

PDLegal Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
6th Floor, 6 O-NES Tower,
Sukhumvit Soi 6,
Khlong Toey, Bangkok 10110

Tel: +66 2 254 6415
Email: [email protected]

Monday – Friday
9am – 6pm

  • Malaysia

Tan, Siew & Lee (TSL Legal)
Unit V8, Q Sentral, Level 35-02 (East Wing),
2A, Jalan Stesen Sentral 2, KL Sentral,
50470 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan
Kuala Lumpur

Tel : +603 2731 9270
Email : [email protected]

Monday – Friday
9am – 5pm

  • Australia

PDLegal Australia
PO box 951 Bondi Junction
1355 Australia

Tel : +0278137619/ +61278137619
Email : [email protected]

Monday – Friday
9am – 5pm

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  • About
  • Accolades
  • Practices
    • China Desk
    • Corporate & Commercial Advisory
    • Corporate Services
    • Corporate, Commercial & Civil Litigation
    • Criminal
    • Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Disputes
    • Digital Assets, Web3 & Blockchain
    • Employment & Industrial Relations
    • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
    • Financial Services
    • FinTech
    • Funds, Private Equity & Emerging Technologies
    • India Desk
    • Insurance
    • International Arbitration
    • Maritime & Shipping
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Client Disputes & Advisory
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    • Regulatory & Compliance
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